It’s time to get your groove on with our Jazz Appreciation Month questionnaire!
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JAZZ ALBUMS
1 During which year did Miles Davis release his debut album Cool Boppin’?
2 The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album was first introduced in 1959. Who was the winner?
◆ Wes Montgomery
◆ Count Basie
◆ Benny Goodman
3 Which artist’s name appears in the title of their debut album, followed by the word “sings”?
4 Which modern-day musician made the best-selling jazz album of all time, with 12 million certified units sold?
◆ Laufey
◆ Yussef Dayes
◆ Norah Jones
5 The 1959 studio album Porgy And Bess was a collaboration between which two jazz legends?
JAZZ HEROES
6 Which famous musician led his own jazz orchestra from 1923 until the end of his life?
7 Which female jazz singer and pianist struggled with mental illness throughout her life, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
Who was the first black woman to work with a white orchestra?
◆ Billie Holiday
◆ Ella Fitzgerald
◆ Nina Simone
Which virtuosic player first studied electrical engineering before transitioning to music?
◆ John Coltrane
◆ Herbie Hancock
◆ Charlie Parker
10 Late pianist and composer Chick Corea currently has the most Grammy wins in the genre. How many does he have?
◆ 36
◆ 40
◆ 27
INSTRUMENTS
Which orchestral instrument was known as the “licorice stick” in early jazz music?
Ornette Coleman was known for playing trumpet and saxophone, but which
